Iman Shumpert Denies Saying Empire Used His Likeness

Iman Shumpert is now backpedaling when it comes to recent comments he made about Empire using not only his likeness but also his girlfriend Teyana Taylorโ€™s likeness. Suggested Reading ‘Sinners’ Releases in Black American Sign Language. Here’s What That Means A Burger King Employee Throws a Drink on a Child in Viral Video, and Black…

Iman Shumpert is now backpedaling when it comes to recent comments he made about Empire using not only his likeness but also his girlfriend Teyana Taylorโ€™s likeness.

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โ€œTheyโ€™re using my girlโ€™s character, her style, her look, and sheโ€™s not getting anything for it,โ€ Shumpert stated in an interview with sports reporter Chris Hayes. โ€œThey didnโ€™t even change her name. They could have at least let my girl audition for the part instead of stealing her character completely.โ€

But Shumpert is now saying he was misquoted.

โ€œFans of the show and friends have told us on many occasions that couple favors us, but we do not all feel that our lives are being copied/stolen,โ€ he told TMZ Sports.

The Cavaliers guard even offered an apology to the Empire stars he now says he didnโ€™t compare himself to. โ€œI apologize to the actors on the show because theyโ€™re just being professionals and donโ€™t deserve slander. Thatโ€™s not what I was trying to portray, and I have to be more careful with my choice of words.โ€

Then the finger-pointing began. Shumpert said that Hayes is the one at fault because he took a few quotes and twisted them.

โ€œI do not appreciate the writer using his questions with my answers to draw quotesย likeย I was making these elaborate answers, but thatโ€™s the media. The writer took a two- to three-[minute] convo of locker-room talk after a great team win and made it look like a sit-down interview, and it wasnโ€™t,โ€ said Shumpert.

โ€œHe twisted words to get the point that he wanted to get across. This is not that serious, and though we donโ€™t watch the show, we are not against it,โ€ he continued.

While Shumpert and Taylor are not watching the show, millions of other people are. He doesnโ€™t know what heโ€™s missing.

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